FortDax explained

FortDax
Birth Name:	Darren Richard Durham
Birth Place:	Beverley
Origin:	United Kingdom
Genre:	Electronica, Ambient, electro
Years Active:	–
Label:	Static Caravan Recordings, Tugboat Records, Very Friendly, Resonant, Not On Label
Associated Acts:	Piano Magic, Nathan Fake, Federico Romanzi, of Diverse Industries

FortDax was a recording alias of Darren Richard Durham, a composer active in the early 2000s. He was inspired by artists such as Charles Ives and ABBA^[1] and he has described FortDax as 'Michael Nyman trapped upside down in a clockwork palace during a snowstorm'.^[2] He is most well known for his remix of You Are Here when it became the theme tune of Newswipe with Charlie Brooker and Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe. After five years of working under the pseudonym FortDax, Darren announced that he was feeling boxed in by what was expected from FortDax and that it was time to try something new. Darren has recently started creating some new music under the moniker of Diverse Industries.^[3]

Biography

Darren was active under the name FortDax from 2001 to 2006. A John Peel session in 2004 introduced him to a larger audience.^[4] He has also active creating a number of remixes. Darren also recorded a session for the BBC show Mixing It which went out on the 24th March 2006. The session was recorded in London and Oxford during February 2006.^[5]

Personal life

Darren was born in the town of Beverley and studied at Longcroft School, Coventry University, Sheffield Hallam University and Kingston University.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details
At Bracken	Released: 2002 Formats: Vinyl Country: United Kingdom Labels: Static Caravan Records Catalogue number: VAN50^[6]
Folly	Released: April 7, 2003 Formats: CD Country: United KingdomSpain Labels: Tugboat Records, Sinnamon Records Catalogue numbers: TUGCD032, SINCD17 ^[7] ^[8]
Divers	Released: February 13, 2006 County: United Kingdom Formats: CD Labels: Very Friendly Catalogue number: VF014CD ^[9]

The art work for At Bracken was supplied by the illustrator David Hallangen a.k.a. Montelimar, who was producing artwork for Static Caravan Records at the time. David was responsible for a slight renaming of the track Like cream inside your spine in to The cream inside your spine when he mistitled it in the track's artwork, a mistake that Darren was happy to keep ^[10]

Extended plays and singles

Title	Album details
August '75, Winter '76	Released: 2001 Formats: LP Label: Resonant
Like Cream Inside Your Spine	Released: December 2001 Formats: LP Label: Static Caravan Records Catalogue number: VAN37 ^[11]
Untitled	Released: 2001 Formats: CD-R Labels: Not On Record
A Beverley Mythic	Released: 2005 Formats: CD Labels: Static Caravan Records Catalogue number: VAN84 ^[12]

Remixes

Artist	Track	Year
Piano Magic	Certainty (FortDax Remix)	2002
Nathan Fake	You Are Here (FortDax Remix)	2006
Federico Romanzi	Amore E Psiche Set (FortDax Remix)	2009

Notes and References

1. Web site: FortDax at AllMusic. AllMusic.. 27 October 2021.
2. Web site: FortDax at Musecat. Musecat. 27 October 2021.
3. Web site: of Diverse Industries at Soundcloud. SoundCloud. 28 October 2021.
4. Web site: FortDax John Peel Session. BBC. 28 October 2021.
5. Web site: FortDax Session at Mixing It. BBC. 28 October 2021.
6. Web site: At Braken at Static Caravan. Static Caravan Records. 27 October 2021.
7. Web site: Folly at MusicBrainz. MusicBrainz. 28 October 2021.
8. Web site: Folly at MusicBrainz. MusicBrainz. 28 October 2021.
9. Web site: Divers at MusicBrainz. MusicBrainz. 28 October 2021.
10. Web site: David Hallangen at Twitter. 24 October 2022.
11. Web site: Like Cream Inside Your Spine at Static Caravan. Static Caravan Records.. 27 October 2021.
12. Web site: A Beverley Mythic at Static Caravan. Static Caravan Records.. 27 October 2021.